“…After rDNAse I (Ambion) treatment, mRNA levels of FUT1, FUT2, FUT3, FUT4, FUT5, ST3GalIII, and ST3GalIV, were quantified in triplicate using QuantiTect SYBR green RT-PCR (Qiagen). The primers used for amplification of FUT1, FUT2, FUT3 and FUT4 were described by Higai [30], FUT5 primers were: F: 5′-TGGGTGTGACCTCGGCGTGA-3′, and R: 5′-AAACCAG CCTGCACCATCGCC-3′, ST3Gal III primers were: F: 5′-GGTGGCAGTCGCAGTCGGCAGGATTT-3′, and R: 5′-CATGCGAACGGTCTCATAGTAGTG-3′, and ST3GalIV primers were: F: 5′-CGGGTGCGAAAGGGTTT-3′ and R: 5′-GGGCTCCGAGACCTGAGGGG-3′. Hypoxanthineguanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT) mRNA (GeneCardsdatabase, NCBI36:X) was analyzed as an internal control.…”